Example sentences of "about [to-vb] [adv prt] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she was about to walk out of the office , the telephone rang . |
| 2 | Life is about to wriggle out of the arms of death itself . |
| 3 | She threw an agonised , reproachful look at Ruth and seemed about to run out of the room , but with three words Ernest stopped her . |
| 4 | An hour or so later I saw my mother 's green Metro , just about to turn out of the drive-way of Hamish and Tone 's house . |
| 5 | ‘ Cool off , Ruth , ’ he ordered sharply and was about to slam out of the room when her speech came back in a rush and furiously she hit out with her pièce de résistance . |